2 hours ago, wonderwoman1951 said:

agreed that it was random. but, i’ll never forget that screen with larry bryggman in a rocking chair saying goodby to their baby (can’t remember the name).

I'm pretty sure it was Johnny. Jen then named her son John Dustin.

On the AW thread, there was discussion of Michael/Rachel. Talk about an odd pairing,

Didn't they try Cass/Donna at one point?

I would also count Felicia/John.

On 5/23/2024 at 5:11 AM, Maxim said:

Bold - Taylor and whoever it was available past 2007-8.

Lord, how Taylor fell off after the facelift.

Someone mentioned Sam and Dante, totally agree. Could that be said of pairing Carly with Drew.? I think it was more so about wanting Cameron Mathison and Laura Wright to have screen time together after their steamy "What if" elevator encounter.

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On 5/29/2024 at 8:32 AM, carolineg said:

For some reason John/Kate made sense to me in the moment.  Obviously it was convenient since both Roman and Marlena "died", but it worked well with John's drug addiction and the Sami/Lucas and Belle/Phillip antics at the time.  Lauren and Drake had some chemistry as well.  I know the entire pairing was extremely unpopular with the John/Marlena fans though.

I really enjoyed John and Kate at the time. They worked well as friends and it made sense when they became lovers at the time. It was wild to me that it was basically completely erased in the 20 years that followed.

On 1/14/2026 at 9:30 AM, Planet Soap said:

Could that be said of pairing Carly with Drew.? I think it was more so about wanting Cameron Mathison and Laura Wright to have screen time together after their steamy "What if" elevator encounter.

No, that was definitely convenience IMO. They were using Drew as a transparent seatfiller and nothing more.

On 1/8/2026 at 7:52 PM, Paul Raven said:

On the AW thread, there was discussion of Michael/Rachel. Talk about an odd pairing,

Didn't they try Cass/Donna at one point?

I would also count Felicia/John.

I wouldn't count Felicia/John because it was mostly the template JFP loved on many of her shows - an avatar of herself with a hunky leading man.

Cass and Donna dated for parts of 1997 and maybe very early 1998, before Cass was miraculously repositioned as a more central character and Donna was sent spiraling after Michael's death.